Games industry I dunno It stopped being any good when it went corporate Its harder for people in their bedroom to make a game now A few years ago it waS still possible to write a game with a few friends And take on the big boys ... now it seems a lot harder Teams of 50 people etc.etc big corporate pooh And too fucking expensive - playstation 2 game prices are a joke Im happy to copy them - I bought enough .... Anyway even if I had bought none I would still be happy! -----Original Message----- From: orb-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-admin@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of skinner_matt@hotmail.com Sent: 08 February 2003 04:32 To: orb@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Orb] P2P warning [OT] Heh, right...sorry ;o) I did say sorry if preaching to the converted... I only look at the PS2 ones or erm Porn. Did have a gander at some of the DivX ones and DVD movie i.e. normal film ones but it's a pain in the ass to be honest. I only bother with mp3s for live stuff or DJ mixes or stuff I already own on Vinyl....so don't look at any mp3 NGs. Console ones i.e. DC, Xbox or PS2 you need to get the console mod chipped..strictly speakin, the DC just played direct boot copies eventually without any chipping. You will need a TV that plays NTSC or vice versa if you ain't PAL. Increasingly with console games now they come on DVDs so they're not as easy to erm "backup" hence DVD ISO NGs etc...which means you haves to get a DVD burner or tit around getting a 4 or 5 CD version of a DVD game that has no movies or speech on it.....but I still buy games...just curious as to what some of the stuff is like [it's shit mostly]. Of all the stuff I tried out and I'm talkin like 300 or so there's only one or two that I really liked...so I bought em. I mean, why feed that fat greasy cross-eyed child molesting fat knacker at the carboot or Camden market when you've got Usenet? The whole console mod chipping thing is fuckin mad, I don't see a problem with it personally, I see it as me saving meself about a grand in games I'd never have played more than once. Basically if you're gonna do it, get one that does everything like unlock the DVD region control, direct boot all games/regions/formats etc. If you're talking PS2 get a Messiah or Messiah 2.....Xbox, get an executor 2 [I think] cos you can turn em off, which means you can play on Xbox live rather than having to use GameSpy or Xboxconnect via your PC or whatever. Don't bother with those lame non solder external chip type things....they're a waste of space and money. But saying that I've not touched me Gamecube or PS2 since I got an Xbox...hmmmmmm. I think I've done me bit for the games industry over the past 20 years so with buying loads of games I never touched and they just sat there gathering dust...for what? Try before you buy in my book. _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb